One of just 30 'heroes', Malcolm Wright, managing director of ITVSignpost, was presented with his award last month by the primeminister's wife Sarah Brown at a special ceremony held at No 10 DowningStreet.
Mr Wright said, 'It was such an honour to receive the award and berecognised for a project that I have put my heart and soul into.'
Every reading hero was given 1,000 special edition copies of MichaelRosen's Going on a Bear Hunt, to be distributed to schools and charitiesof their choice. Copies will be given to new settings who register onthe site and schools and charities in the north-east.
The animated website hosts popular children's stories accessible insound, text, vision and sign language. It was set up in response to whatwas seen as a growing literacy gap between deaf and hearing children atschool, to improve the number of resources for deaf children.
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